76 Rhodora [APRIL 
In addition to these introductions, some eleven native species of 
the genus occur in Oregon, of which three are maritime, and the others 
mostly inhabitants of open woods and grassy banks.—J. C. NELSON, 
Salem, Oregon. 
LYSIMACHIA TERRESTRIS (L.) BSP., var. ovata (Rand & Redfield), 
n. comb.  L. stricta, var. ovata Rand & Redfild, Fl. Mt. Desert, 
Me. 129 (1894). 
A remarkable extreme known only from the type-region, near 
Somesville, Mt. Desert Island (TYPE in herbarium of the New Eng- 
land Botanical Club). During the nearly thirty years since I first 
knew var. ovata I have watched throughout the northeastern states 
and northeastern Canada but have found no plants closely approach- 
ing Somesville plant.—M. L. FERNALD, Gray Herbarium. 
Vol. 24, no. 278, including pages 21 to 36, was issued 23 May, 1922. 
The date of the March issue (unpublished as this goes ta press) will be 
announced later. 
